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(No Model.) J-. W. CAMPBELL.

GOMBINED OORNIQE AND GORNICE POLE.

No. 281,340. Patented July 17, 1883.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES W. CAMPBELL, OF GERMANTOWN, ASSIGNOR TO H. L. JUDD & CO.,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED CORNICE AND CO RN lCE-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,340, dated July 17,1883.

Application filed May I, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES W. CAMPBELL, of Germantown, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Combined Cornice and Cornice-Pole, of which the following is a specification.

Cornice-poles have usually been supported by brackets or projections at the ends, and the curtain is suspended by rings around the pole. These parts have an unfinished appearance, especially when the curtain is applied at a door way. In instances where the curtain has been upon a metallic rod behind the cornice such rod is not visible, and does not form a cornice-pole as recognized in the trade.

The object of my present invention is to combine with the cornice-pole and the brackets that support the same a cornice which can be easily applied to the brackets, and at the same time gives a finished appearance to the .brackets and cornice-pole, because the rings are partially behind the cornice, and with the pole and cornice said rings form part of the ornamental heading above the curtain, and the rings slide freely upon the pole below and behind the cornice; hence the curtain can be moved as usual.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial elevation of the cornice and pole. Fig. 2 is a section. Fig. 3 shows the cornice-pole as round, and Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the brackets.

The brackets A A are of a character adaptedto being fastened to a window or door frame or wall, and the surface is ornamented, and the shape more or less artistic. The cornice B extends from one bracket to the next. I form slots in the brackets, so as to receive the ends of the cornice B.

The ornamental character of the cornice B may vary to suit the general style of the brackets. The cornice is cut off of a length to eX- tend into the mortises or slots of the brackets, and it is held in place by the end pieces 3, that cover the slots at the outer surfaces of the brackets.

The cornicepole C may be a polygonal or flat bar, or it may be round. If flat, it is to be introduced into slots in the brackets, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. If the pole is round,

the brackets are to be formed with half-round 5o recesses, into which are laid the said pole, and the projecting ends are ornamented with acorns or knobs E. When the cornice-pole is fiat, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, the ends thereof within the slots of the brackets are covered by the ornamental end pieces 8, sothat the slots in the brackets become blind-slots, open on one side only.

The rings F receive the curtain, and said rings are either round, as shown in Fig. 3, or flattened, as in Figs. 1 and 2. They slide upon the cornice-pole. The cornice is to extend down sufficiently far for its bottom edge to bebelow the top of the cornice-pole, so that the opening between them may not be visible when viewed in the usual manner; hence the pole and cornice are seen together and look as if they were one.

By making the brackets, cornice, and corv nice-pole in the manner described, the brack- 7o ets can be put up in their proper places, and then the cornice and cornice-pole be sawed off of the proper length to drop into the blindslots of the brackets, and this can be done by an ordinary workman, and the curtain-pole and curtain can be lifted down for cleaning, or the cornice taken out without disturbing the brackets.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with the brackets having slots, of the cornice-pole C and the cornice B, entering at their ends into the slots'in the brackets, the cornice being in front of and higher than the cornice-pole, substantially as set forth.

' 2. The brackets having slots in their oppo- 85 site faces, in combination with a cornice-pole and a cornice received into such slots, substantially as set forth.

3. The brackets having slots and end pieces to the slots, in combination with the removable cornice and cornice-pole, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 5th day of May, A. D. 1883.

J. W. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

GEo. T. PINoKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

